Sivaprakasam (Study in Bondage and Liberation)
by N. Veerappan | 2018 | 57,559 words
The Sivaprakasam is a 14th century Tamil text belonging to the Shaiva-Siddhanta literature dealing with the spiritual aspects of human life, such as bondage and liberation of the individual self. The Siva-Prakasam (or Shiva-prakasha) consists of 100 stanzas (verses) spread over two parts. The first part deals with the embodied condition of the self...
Meaning of Advaita
The prefix, “na”/“a” in Sanskrit gives six different meanings. Three of them are important:—
(i) Absence (inmai)—just like mala and amala as well asguna and nirguna
(ii) Opposition (marudalai)—just like dharma and adharma as well as shuddha and Ashuddha
(iii) Reciprocal difference (anmai)—just like ashva [ashvam] and anashva [anashvam].
In this context, the details of different relationships of two entities as explained by Shivajnana Munivar is brought out hereunder:-